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Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, & the Arts Volume . 13 by Books Group
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Author: Books Group
Page Count: 90 pages
Published Date: 09 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231143193
Download Link: Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, & the Arts Volume . 13
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...islands are not to be called cannibals on this account. So far from its being a general practice, when these men returned to Neafoo after their inhuman repast, most persons who knew it, particularly women, avoided them, saying, " Ia-whe moe ky-tangata, " Away! you are a man-eater. The bodies being thus all disposed of, Finow began to make inquiries respecting the alleged treason of Lioofau, and finding no one capable of urging any thing against him, and he solemnly declaring his innocence, and stating that his son must have invented this tale to answer some purpose with the enemy; moreover, having always borne a good character, and been well beloved by his men, and believed to have been always firmly attached to the interests of Finow, he was set at liberty, and restored to his post.--The day after, Finow ordered the ceremony of drinking cava to the priest of his tutelar god Toobo Totai, by way of gratitude for the late victory. This ceremony is exactly the same as that of invoking a god through the medium of his priest, and consists merely in the customary form of sitting down to make cava in the presence of a priest, he presiding at the head of the ring. In this instance, after the cava, pork, &c. had been served out, one of the matabooles, in a few words, thanked the god in the person of the priest for the late signal victories. The priest, in answer, after waiting for another dish of cava, declared that Finow would at length succeed in his war against Felletoa, but that this fortress was not the strongest power he had to contend with, for the seeds of insurrection were already sown in his own army; and although Lioofau was perfectly innocent of what had been alleged against him, there was one at no great distance from him for whom so much ...
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Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, & the Arts Volume . 13 by Books Group
Author: Books Group
Page Count: 90 pages
Published Date: 09 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231143193
Download Link: Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, & the Arts Volume . 13
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...islands are not to be called cannibals on this account. So far from its being a general practice, when these men returned to Neafoo after their inhuman repast, most persons who knew it, particularly women, avoided them, saying, " Ia-whe moe ky-tangata, " Away! you are a man-eater. The bodies being thus all disposed of, Finow began to make inquiries respecting the alleged treason of Lioofau, and finding no one capable of urging any thing against him, and he solemnly declaring his innocence, and stating that his son must have invented this tale to answer some purpose with the enemy; moreover, having always borne a good character, and been well beloved by his men, and believed to have been always firmly attached to the interests of Finow, he was set at liberty, and restored to his post.--The day after, Finow ordered the ceremony of drinking cava to the priest of his tutelar god Toobo Totai, by way of gratitude for the late victory. This ceremony is exactly the same as that of invoking a god through the medium of his priest, and consists merely in the customary form of sitting down to make cava in the presence of a priest, he presiding at the head of the ring. In this instance, after the cava, pork, &c. had been served out, one of the matabooles, in a few words, thanked the god in the person of the priest for the late signal victories. The priest, in answer, after waiting for another dish of cava, declared that Finow would at length succeed in his war against Felletoa, but that this fortress was not the strongest power he had to contend with, for the seeds of insurrection were already sown in his own army; and although Lioofau was perfectly innocent of what had been alleged against him, there was one at no great distance from him for whom so much ...
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